WATERTOWN -- Residents who gathered on Mount Auburn Street cheered and chanted "USA, USA, USA," Friday night when they heard the news the younger of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings had been captured by law enforcement.

The cheering continued as ambulances and police vehicles slowly made their way through the corridor of applauding neighbors, with some people also yelling "USA, BPD," in support of both the nation and Boston police.

For those who lived nearby, it was at last an end to the chaos that began late Thursday night and continued Friday. Many of them had their homes searched by SWAT teams Friday and heard gunfire late in the evening as the authorities honed in on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.

"Around every corner you never knew what was going to happen all day," said Nick Harrington, 32, who lives on the Belmont side of the Watertown/Belmont border. "Now we can relax. I'm thrilled."

"It's such a relief," Lozen-Kowalski said. "I can breathe and get a good night's sleep."

Some busy celebrating said they were leaving their homes for the first time day all day.

"I was worried and afraid to go outside," said Lulu Zhang, 28, of Watertown. "Now it is back to peace and safety."

Police also relaxed for the first time in hours as the palpable tension of earlier in the day, when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was still free, dissipated.

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Others who were in Watertown Friday night to observe the proceedings said they were happy to see Dzhokhar Tsarnaev would have to answer for the crimes, including the marathon bombings and the killing of a college police officer, he and his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev allegedly committed.

"Justice is always a good thing," said George Robinson, 42, an army recruiter who lives nearby to where the Friday shootout took place.

"I'm glad we got him and I'm glad we got him alive," said Bryan Kennedy, 24, of Quincy. "There are a lot of questions I'd love to see him answer.

"But right now every one is just very, very happy and united as one," Kennedy added. "Boston proud, Boston strong."

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